What comes out
A single Short opens as a readable transcript page with copy and download buttons in every format. A channel link produces a ZIP — one file per video, named by date and title, with manifests recording anything that had no captions.
How it works
Shorts are ordinary videos underneath, and most carry auto-generated captions. The tool reads the caption track and formats it like any other transcript. For channels, the Channel content choice above is preset to Shorts on this page, so a channel link collects only its Shorts — switch it to Everything or Videos if you want the rest.
Honest limitations
Some Shorts — especially music-only ones — have no caption track at all, and those honestly report "no captions." Bulk limits are the same as everywhere on the site: 500 videos per job with continuation, 2,000 new videos per person per day, cached content unmetered.
Common questions
How do I get ONLY a channel's Shorts?
Just paste the channel link — this page presets Channel content to Shorts, and the site fetches YouTube's own Shorts-only list for that channel automatically. Pick Videos instead for the long-form-only twin.
Which formats can I pick?
TXT (clean, timestamped, or both-in-one), SRT and VTT subtitles, Markdown for Obsidian and Notion, or timed JSON for pipelines.
Do I need an account?
No account, no email, no payment. The FAQ lists every limit in plain numbers.
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